The Mt. Whitney Pioneers will venture away from home to face off against the El Diamante Miners at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Mt. Whitney is looking for their season's first win.
On Friday, Mt. Whitney was beaten by Golden West 52-8. While losing is never fun, the Pioneers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 631st, while the Trailblazers are ranked 133rd).
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Even if they lost, Mt. Whitney's defensive line still kept up the pressure with three sacks. In fact, those sacks all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Jake Westmoreland. He has been hot recently, having also posted at least one defended passe the last four times he's played.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 49-6, which was the final score in El Diamante's tilt against Monache on Friday.
Special teams was responsible for all of the team's points. The biggest highlight from special teams (and perhaps the team as a whole) came courtesy of Javier Gutierrez, who ran a kickoff back for a touchdown.
Mt. Whitney's loss dropped their record down to 0-6. As for El Diamante, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 0-6.
Mt. Whitney and El Diamante were neck-and-neck when the teams last played back in October of 2024, but Mt. Whitney came up empty-handed after a 20-19 loss. Can the Pioneers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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